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by Erf 17y ago
From the perspective of someone encountering the site: how does it help? Why should I use your site instead of just emailing them? Or using Scribd? Or putting it on my network shared drive?
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by Erf 17y ago
Was it via this product? http://www.ailive.net/liveAI.html
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by Erf 17y ago
In programming AI players for various games, I've found that stupid algorithms with excellently-tuned parameters beat smart algorithms with decently-tuned parameters.
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by Erf 17y ago
Similar: Perhaps make downvoting power -- as opposed to upvoting power -- proportional to age/karma? That would empower experienced (indoctrinated?) members to discourage the undesired content, without too heavily influencing the discussion
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by Erf 17y ago
But the next question is: Who has the deeper pockets with which to throw more money to the content providers?
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by Erf 17y ago
Dupe of: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=833443
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by Erf 17y ago
Yes. One thing I noticed is that searches no longer require that all words in the query be present in the search results. Adding a + before a word is now required to ensure that it's present in results. That frequently results in me having
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by Erf 17y ago
Despite all the downmodding, jpwagner's suggestion is on the money. What would most benefit the development of a tool like this is extensive understanding of how the target audience reacts to and applies it. Lest we forget that COBOL and SQ
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by Erf 17y ago
They seem to have mostly avoided that, actually. There's no Firefox logo on their site, for example.
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by Erf 17y ago
This, incidentally, reads like a business how-not-to.
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by Erf 17y ago
Why is it counter-intuitive? If your goal is to make a lot of money, sometimes your exit strategy will be acquisition.
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by Erf 17y ago
This is a very commonly expressed idea. One of the most-cited sources is "Mythical Man Month" by Fred Brooks. For more: http://www.google.com/search?q=10x+programmer
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by Erf 17y ago
The setup I've found works best is to have two computers with browsers pointed to an Etherpad document, to allow pseudocode, and use problem domains that don't require the use of references. That allows face-to-face communication, and avoid
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by Erf 17y ago
The article makes an eloquent case for the following: Code is liability.
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by Erf 17y ago
I imagine that the confusion arose because the two dimensions which varied across the button grid had no relationship to one another.
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by Erf 17y ago
Dupe. This was posted last week.
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by Erf 17y ago
There are also a lot more humans in the northern hemisphere.
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by Erf 17y ago
Your company's IT department likely hasn't blocked Etherpad, which has a chat feature.
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by Erf 17y ago
That constitutes an appropriate use of the word "orthogonal".
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by Erf 17y ago
Your best bet is to go after companies where developers do the hiring. To a recruiter who isn't a developer, your resume doesn't conform to the parameters they know to look for. They're not in a position to judge whether your non-academic e
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by Erf 17y ago
I'm a recent CS graduate. 1993: DOS Basic. Entered programs from 3-2-1 Contact magazine. 1995: Robot Battle ( http://www.robotbattle.com/ ) 1996: Klik 'n' Play ( http://www.clickteam.com/ )
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by Erf 17y ago
I was eating two Clif bars a day until I discovered that they caused gas. If I discovered a Clif-like bar that didn't, I'd pick the habit up again.
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by Erf 17y ago
Even with mulligans, I'd argue that mana screw is one of the biggest failings of M:tG. Make your best estimate of what percentage of games you think are decided by mana screw or mulligan-reduced hands, then ask: "Is that too high?"
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by Erf 17y ago
Thanks. A great read. I find it most valuable as a glimpse into the mind and approach of a 10x (or more) developer.
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by Erf 18y ago
It could just be me, but I've observed MP3 encoding tends to make hard transients more mushy, which is something that one might become accustomed to.
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by Erf 18y ago
It shouldn't be too difficult for such players to analyze the range of a track in advance and compress it appropriately in real time, perhaps to a user-specified degree.
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Entrepreneur sells bottled New York City tap water(latimes.com)
72 points by Erf 18y ago|53 comments
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by Erf 18y ago
That is, of course, subjective, but I'm pretty sure a site that uses the n-bomb and the c-bomb (and an arsenal of others) qualifies.
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by Erf 18y ago
Would've appreciated an NSFW on this.
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by Erf 18y ago
Truth. I got my start in programming with BASIC via DOS. Today, I find that the biggest mental block to learning a new language is the difficulty of setting up a development environment. It's at least a little bit surprising that platform d

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